Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire Marseille Art News Dellepiane Exhibition November 3, 2016The Musée Regards de Provence does a great job focusing on local artists who haven’t had much national recognition and their latest show, David Dellepiane arts et modernité, is a case in point. Born in 1866 to a Genoese family, Dellepiane came to Marseille aged 9 and was brought up between the old port and …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire Contemporary Artist Ai Weiwei Show at MuCEM in Marseille July 27, 2018Ai Weiwei and Marseille This is a highly political show—and highly personal, too. Much is about the artist’s relationship with his father (Ai Qing), whose ship from Shanghai in 1929 docked right next to where MuCEM is today. Indeed, it was France that inspired him to become a poet, a dangerous occupation back in China, …Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post Direct Train Marseille-Milan January 6, 2015Today, we see the launch of a new direct train service between Marseille and Milan by thello. It takes just over seven hours, and the train calls in at all major stations on the Cote D’Azur, then Italian centres like Ventimiglia, San Remo, Genoa and Milan. Costs between 30-70€ each way.…Continue Reading
Books on Provence · Guest Post · Inspire WW2 Heroism in Marseille January 30, 2015On the theme of helping people escape during the Occupation, here is a thrilling account of the experience of a Church of Scotland minister, Donald Caskie, who at great personal risk saved around 2000 Allied soldiers, sailors and airmen. He had been the minister at the Scots Kirk.…Continue Reading
